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1965 Griswold v. Connecticut Decided: A Connecticut statute that prohibited the use of contraceptives is invalid in that it violates the constitutional right to marital privacy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griswold_v._Connecticut http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=381&invol=479
1972 Eisenstadt v. Baird Decided: A law prohibiting the distribution of contraceptives to unmarried people is invalid in that the constitutional right to privacy extends to the reproductive decisions of both married and unmarried people. http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/630/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eisenstadt_v._Baird 1973, January 22 Roe v. Wade Decided: A woman has a right to privacy in deciding whether or not to obtain an abortion. http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=us&vol=410&invol=113 http://members.aol.com/abtrbng/410us113.htm 1976, July 1 Planned Parenthood of Central Missouri v. Danforth Decided: Various provisions of a Missouri statute interfering with a woman’s right to obtain an abortion are invalid. http://www.abortioninfo.net/facts/legalityessay5.shtml 1980, June 30 Harris v. McRae Decided: The Court would uphold the Hyde Amendment, which prohibited the use of federal funds for abortions not necessary to preserve the woman’s life. Also, states that participate in the medical program are not required to fund medically necessary abortions for which federal funds are unavailable under the Hyde Amendment. http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/155/ 1991, May 23 Rust v. Sullivan Decided: Health care professionals at family planning clinics that receive Title X funds could not counsel a woman on abortion, refer a woman for an abortion, or inform a woman that abortion is a legal option. | |||||
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1992, June 29 Planned Parenthood v. Casey Decided: The Court would not overturn Roe v. Wade in Pennsylvania in that state laws banning abortion are unconstitutional. However, it would uphold certain Pennsylvania state provisions regarding abortion. This resulted in the establishment of a new standard to determine the validity of any state law regarding abortion on the basis of the extent to which it might or might not impose an undue burden on the woman seeking an abortion. http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/306/ http://www.prochoice.org/policy/courts/pp_v_casey.html http://blogs.washingtonpost.com/campaignforthecourt/files/alito_dissent_in_casey.pdf 1993, January 13 Bray v. Alexandria Women’s Health Clinic Decided: A federal civil rights law, The “Ku Klux Klan Act” of 1985, does not protect women from anti-choice blockaders obstructing access to reproductive health clinics. http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/90-985.ZS.html 1994, June 30 Madsen v. Women’s Health Center Decided: A Florida injunction that created a 36-foot buffer zone outside a reproductive health clinic would be upheld. Also, anti-choice protestors are prohibited from making noise outside the clinic that could be heard inside the clinic during hours when surgical procedures were performed. http://www.casp.net/madsen-1.html http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/93-880.ZS.html 2000, June 28 Hill v. Colorado Decided: The zone of separation provision in Colorado’s clinic protection statute would be upheld, making it more difficult to give unwanted advice to persons entering or leaving medical facilities. The statute in Colorado states that it is unlawful for any person within 100-feet of a health facility’s entrance to “knowingly approach” within 8 feet of another person to pass a leaflet or handbill, to display a sign, or to engage in oral protest, education, or counseling. http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/742/ http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/faclibrary/case.aspx?case=Hill_v_CO
2006, January 18 Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood of New England Decided: Abortion laws must protect women's health and safety. http://www.ayottevplannedparenthood.org/statements/pr-060118-ayotte-ruling.php | |||||
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Related Ideas “Roe v. Wade: Its History and Impact” The Feminist Majority: Feminist Court Watch: “Chronology: U.S. Supreme Court Reproductive Rights Cases” http://www.feminist.org/courts/roechronology.asp
NOW: "Reproductive Rights Historical Highlights" http://www.now.org/issues/abortion/roe30/timeline.html
NARAL Pro-Choice America: "Issues" http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/issues/
Center for Reproductive Rights: "Key Cases in the Development of Reproductive Rights Case Law" http://www.crlp.org/crt_roe_key_cases.html
National Women's Law Center "Health and Reproductive Rights" http://www.nwlc.org/display.cfm?section=health
The American Prospect "Reproductive Rights: Special Segment" http://www.prospect.org/issue_pages/reproductive_rights/index.html
Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice
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